Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Minions #183 - Mask a Stupid Question

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Greetings, Toxic Wastes!

Yes, I'm late this week. I was hoping for some inspiration to do a new shoot, but nothing was coming to me this week, and I'm distracted by a lot of other projects at the moment. So it was into the old inventory for some material I wasn't feeling especially enthusiastic about.

I know from experience that this means nothing. Sometimes the ones I hate really suck, but sometimes they're the ones you guys love the most. So we'll throw this against the wall and see what sticks.

First of all, do you or anyone you know own an Amazon Kindle (or other ebook reader?). We're building a e-reader mailing list for the upcoming launch of my wife's plumber-mystery series (the first book, "Sink Trap" will be out in October) and to promote this, she's giving away FREE, hand-knitted "Kindle Kozies." If you sign on early, the odds of winning are almost absurdly good, and you'll be eligible for future drawings as well. Pictures and sign-up info HERE. Tell your friends!

On more familiar matters, one of the distractions here is work on the "Minions at Work Ah-HA! Card Game." I was hoping to have a test version of this done by the gaming convention I'm going to Labor Day weekend, but that seems unlikely at this point. Just too darned much work designing all these cards. Here are some samples of what we have so far:

The first image is the card back. The others are various card fronts.

Pizza is a VERY important card in this game. It's almost the most powerful card in the deck, but even it must tremble before the power of -- PENGUIN!

Anyway, we'll get it done one of these days, and I think it will be a lot of fun. Eventually you'll be able to order your own copy, so stay tuned.

So, it's back to the old lair for me. Hopefully I'll have some new material shot by next week. See you then.

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